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From: mhaley99 AT homemail DOT com (Matthew Haley)
Subject: Re: allegro compile time
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I have a 486DX 33.

I always plan a nap if I am going to compile Allegro :)
Disk caches /do/ help a lot though, really I think that the disk is the 
slowest part since there are so many small files to compile.

In article <7nrjsm$iib$1 AT taliesin DOT netcom DOT net DOT uk> "Michael Stewart" 
<mike AT reggin DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk> writes:>From: "Michael Stewart" 
<mike AT reggin DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>>Subject: Re: allegro compile time
>Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 08:23:02 +0100

>Chewbaklava wrote in message ...
>>just wondering, for those of you who use allegro, how long did it take to
>>compile for you??  it almost took an hour (just over 50 minutes) for me on
>>my 486DX 66.  it said in the readme go do something else while it compiles
>>but this seems WAY too long.


>Allegro is a big project and it will take a few minutes, but it does sound
>to me that 50 minutes is a little long. There are speed up hints in the FAQ
>which may help.